OLD TIMES / NEW TIMES

• A Grundtvig Project • 2011-1-ES-GRU06-35128• 1st Mobility• PLACE: Grottaglie• DATES: (1st – 3rd) March 2011• PARTNERS: Italy, Poland, Spain, Germany, U.K.• Made by Spain

The trulli are typical constructions in the area of Grottaglie. In the past

they were houses and barns. Today modern houses have integrated

them to make nice cottages and in the quaint town of Alberobello, the tourism indutry have turned them

into shops.

A group of teachers and students from Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and the U.K. got together to witness the

change.

Alberobello. The town of the Trulli.

Once upon a time that’s how Alberobello looked like.

Alberobello. The market.

Symbols on the roof. Builders or atists? That’s how old italians decorated their houses

Now tourism has turned them into shops.

The trulli are all over the place. Down the road.

Making nice cottages in the countryside

Some of them with an attached garage

We were based in Martina Franca. A very nice town

The Programme included visits to other towns such as Locorotondo.

Lecce

Michelle and Grazia were our guides in Lecce

Taranto where we visited the Aragonese Castell

The Aragonese Castell

We improved our language skills by chatting over lunch

At coffee time

At dinner

Also at the masseria

Where we danced…

The dances that we learned

And practiced at the highschool.